Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio: Rebalancing Strategy

Data Source: from January 1970 to February 2024
Consolidated Returns as of 29 February 2024

Managing the Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio with a yearly rebalancing, you would have obtained a 6.89% compound annual return in the last 30 Years.

With a quarterly rebalancing, over the same period, the return would have been 6.80%.

How do returns and drawdowns change, implementing different rebalancing strategies?

Rebalancing Strategies

In order to keep risk under control, you should rebalance assets quotes from time to time, so to keep them at the original percentage of the asset allocation.

Rebalancing can be performed in several ways.

At fixed time intervals:
  • Yearly: Jan 1st
  • Half Yearly: Jan 1st, Jul 1st
  • Quarterly: Jan 1st, Apr 1st, Jul 1st, Oct 1st
When a component (at least one) diverges from its original weight beyond a certain threshold (e.g. 5% or 10%).

Portfolio Returns as of Feb 29, 2024

Implementing different rebalancing strategies, the Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio guaranteed the following returns.

According to the available data source, we assume we built the portfolio on January 1970.

Portfolio returns are calculated in USD, assuming:
  • No fees or capital gain taxes
  • the reinvestment of dividends, if existing
MEBANE FABER IVY PORTFOLIO RETURNS
Period: January 1970 - February 2024
Annualized Returns
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Return (%) and number of rebalances as of Feb 29, 2024
Rebalancing Strategy 1Y 5Y 10Y 30Y MAX
(~54Y)
Yearly Rebalancing 10.79 (1) 6.97 (5) 4.65 (10) 6.89 (30) 9.54 (55)
Half Yearly Rebalancing 10.65 (2) 7.09 (10) 4.73 (20) 6.89 (60) 9.47 (109)
Quarterly Rebalancing 11.33 (4) 7.07 (20) 4.63 (40) 6.80 (120) 9.44 (217)
5% Tolerance per asset 10.68 (0) 6.99 (4) 4.56 (6) 7.00 (22) 9.53 (36)
10% Tolerance per asset 10.68 (0) 8.21 (2) 5.46 (3) 7.17 (8) 9.70 (13)

In order to have complete information about the portfolio, please refer to the Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.

Performances as of Feb 29, 2024

Historical returns and stats of Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

MEBANE FABER IVY PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCES
Period: January 1970 - February 2024
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Standard Deviation
Max Drawdown (%)
Rebalancing Strategy Return % Std Dev(%) Ret. / Std Dev MaxDD(%) Ret. / MaxDD
Yearly Rebalancing 9.54 (55) 10.70 0.89 -47.39 0.20
Half Yearly Rebalancing 9.47 (109) 10.68 0.89 -45.54 0.21
Quarterly Rebalancing 9.44 (217) 10.73 0.88 -46.55 0.20
5% Tolerance per asset 9.53 (36) 10.72 0.89 -46.69 0.20
10% Tolerance per asset 9.70 (13) 10.83 0.90 -46.70 0.21
(*) Since Jan 1970 (~54 yrs) | Annualized Returns (and number of rebalances)

Drawdowns as of Feb 29, 2024

Historical Drawdowns of Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio, after implementing different rebalancing strategies.

MEBANE FABER IVY PORTFOLIO DRAWDOWNS
Period: January 1970 - February 2024
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Rebalancing
Tolerance per asset
Yearly Half Yearly Quarterly 5% 10%
-47.39
Jun 2008 - Jan 2013
-45.54
Jun 2008 - Apr 2011
-46.55
Jun 2008 - Apr 2011
-46.69
Jun 2008 - Apr 2011
-46.70
Jun 2008 - Apr 2011
-21.77
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
-21.77
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
-21.77
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
-21.87
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
-20.98
Jan 2020 - Nov 2020
-16.46
Apr 2022 - In progress
-16.23
Apr 2022 - In progress
-17.02
Apr 2022 - In progress
-17.07
Apr 2022 - In progress
-17.07
Apr 2022 - In progress
-15.89
Jul 2014 - Jul 2017
-16.14
Jul 2014 - Jul 2017
-16.87
Jul 2014 - Sep 2017
-16.72
Jul 2014 - Sep 2017
-16.47
May 2011 - Aug 2012
-13.25
Apr 1998 - Apr 1999
-15.65
May 2011 - Aug 2012
-15.55
May 2011 - Aug 2012
-15.94
May 2011 - Sep 2012
-14.30
Sep 2000 - Aug 2003
5 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-22.95 -23.06 -23.55 -23.66 -23.11
10 Worst Drawdowns - Average
-17.24 -17.67 -18.01 -17.90 -17.74

For a deeper insight, please refer to the Mebane Faber Ivy Portfolio: ETF allocation and returns page.